A longitudinal comparison of the representation of migration in the British and Romanian press before and after the Brexit referendum

英国在2016年6月23日举行的全民公投中投票决定退出欧盟。移民问题可能是脱欧派和留欧派支持者争论最多的问题之一。报纸和政界人士对来自罗马尼亚等国的经济移民的威胁发出警告，从而在一定程度上影响了选民对英国退欧投票的信念和决定。拟议的研究项目旨在对英国和罗马尼亚报纸语料库中的欧洲和欧盟在移民方面的代表性进行研究。该研究将使用语言学方法的组合来调查媒体与民主之间的关系。它将通过研究媒体在选举期间所扮演的角色，重点关注媒体与公民之间的联系，但也将关注媒体如何影响我们对移民和流动的理解。这个研究项目将解决这样一个假设，即移民在英国被描绘成负面的，特别是在罗马尼亚加入欧盟之后，罗马尼亚的移民代表将与英国的移民代表有很大的不同。该研究包括一个未被研究的主题，罗马尼亚媒体景观，以及随之而来的与一个国家概念化人民流动的方式的接触。它还将允许比较英国脱欧公投在英国和国外的接受方式。这项研究是多学科的，其发现可能会挑战社会上的种族主义、偏见和歧视。

The United Kingdom voted to leave the EU in a referendum held on 23 June 2016. Immigration was perhaps one of the most debated arguments by supporters of both the Leave and Remain camps. Newspapers and politicians warned against the threat of economic migrants from countries such as Romania, and, thus helped shape, to an extent, the voters' beliefs and decisions regarding the Brexit vote. The proposed research project aims to carry out a study of the representation of Europe and the EU, with regard to immigration, in a corpus of British and Romanian newspapers. The study will use a combination of linguistic approaches to investigate the relationship between media and democracy. It will focus on the connection between media and citizenship, by studying the role played by the media during the election, but also on the ways in which the media affect our understanding of migration and mobility.This research project will address the hypothesis that immigration was portrayed negatively in Britain, particularly after Romania's accession to the EU, and that the representation of migrants in Romania will differ substantially from its UK counterpart. The study consists of an under researched topic, the Romanian media landscape, and the consequent engagement with the ways in which a country conceptualises people's mobility. It will also allow for a comparison of the ways in which the Brexit referendum was received in the UK and abroad. The research is multidisciplinary and its findings could challenge racism, prejudice and discrimination in society.